Regina King on the Significance of ‘Watchmen’ and the Paradox of Sister Night’s Coolness

When viewers are first introduced to Sister Night — the heroic moniker chosen by Regina King’s “Watchmen” character, Angela Abar — she drives to her secret hideout, dons her leather uniform, and speeds to a local trailer park.

As the music pulses and her long coat swirls in the wind, Sister Night kicks in a door, punches the napping Tulsa citizen square in the face, and drags the guy into her trunk, all without a warrant or even a warning.Why?“I’ve got a nose for white supremacy,” she tells her boss, Chief Crawford (Don Johnson).

“And he smells like bleach.”Shortly thereafter, wouldn’t you know it, Sister Night is proven right.

The guy is working for the white supremacist group who just shot one of her fellow officers.

When she looks at her boss, she doesn’t need to say much.

Just one word: “Bleach.”Every second of this extended sequence,

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